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Here are 10 traps for entrepreneurs to avoid while starting or running a business from MSNBC courtesy of Forbes Magazine by contributor Martin Zwilling. Zwilling knows his way around entrepreneurs and startup and small ventures and is the founder and chief executive of Startup Professionals, providing startup founders and small business owners services and products to succeed in their ventures. Read More

Over the past six years, I've picked up a lot of time management tips. Some of them have been helpful and, frankly, some have been useless. Here, I've compiled the ten that have served me best. And yes, I'm sure you'll have heard some of them before ... but are you actually doing them? Read More

The web is filled with social networks: We have Twitter for meeting new people, Facebook for old college buddies, and Bebo for those of us who don’t want to hang out with the mainstream. Those social networks are rarely viewed as corporate services — they’re relaxing at the end of a long workday, not playgrounds for more business activity. Read More

Planning your business is vital. Without it, you’ll take more risks, make more mistakes, underestimate the competition and undervalue your customers. Read More

Why do you need customer profiles? It takes out the guesswork of marketing your small business. It helps you focus activities and programs with those customers who will buy from you on a regular basis so you can grow you business.

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Being successful as an actor is tough.Through years of hard work, learning and perfecting their art some get the break they desire and get and keep their loyal fans.This is actually not that dissimilar to owing a small business. So, what can you learn from successful actors?


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Would your boss mount a commando-operation to rescue you from an Iranian prison? Ross Perot did! Would your boss spend $25 Million of his own money to pay the salaries of 3,000 employees while his factory, destroyed by fire, was being rebuilt? These and more as I make my nominations for the CEO Hall of Honor! Read More

Blogs versus web sites: Is a blog or a web site better for your e-business? Which format should you choose to get started with your first web site, and what are the pros and cons of blogs compared to web sites?

Online marketing expert Scott Fox answers this Click Millionaire question to get going making money online. Read More

In an end of the year prediction post I wrote for OPEN Forum, I listed location aware social media tools as something that would get big time attention in 2010. (See: 5 Trends that Will Shape Small Business in 2010)

foursquare for businessThe idea behind location awareness is that people will use the GPS capabilities in today’s mobile devices to check-in, tweet, review, and refer and add the Read More

Business partnerships are one of the most unique and trying relationships we will ever enter.  Some work, but most fail.  Here are some of the common signs that your partnership may be headed the wrong direction. Read More